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A plan to get trans fats out of food worldwide. The U.N.'s World Health Organization says ending consumption of the industrial oils is critical to saving lives >>

Calls for mercy grow for Sudanese teen sentenced to die in marital rape case. The United Nations office of human rights appealed to Sudanese officials for leniency for a 19-year-old woman who was sentenced to death for killing the man she was forced to marry. >>

Calls for mercy grow for teen sentenced to die for killing her rapist. The United Nations office of human rights appealed to Sudanese officials for clemency for a 19-year-old who was sentenced to death for killing the man she was forced to marry. >>

Education and roads key to withstanding food crises - U.N.. By Thin Lei WinROME, May 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Another year in education and an extra kilometre of road for every 1,000 people could... >>

Two-thirds of world population will live in cities by 2050. The coming decades will see the growth of colossal megacities as the world's population increasingly moves into urban environments, a new United Nations report predicts. >>

UN agency calls for all countries to rid foods of trans.... NEW YORK (AP) - The World Health Organization is calling on all nations to rid foods of artificial trans fats in the next five years.The United Nations... >>

UN health agency aiming to wipe out trans fats worldwide. NEW YORK - The World Health Organization has released a plan to help countries wipe out artery-clogging trans fats from the global food supply in the next five years. >>

UN health agency aims to wipe out trans fats worldwide. The World Health Organization has released a plan to help countries wipe out trans fats from the global food supply in the next five years. >>

UN health agency aims to wipe out transfats worldwide. LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization has released a plan to help countries wipe out transfats from the global food supply.In a release issued Monday,... >>

UN Human Rights Council to hold special session on.... GENEVA, May 15 (Reuters) - The 47 member states of the U.N. Human Rights Council will hold a special session on Friday to debate the deteriorating human... >>

UN: 68 percent of world population will live in urban.... Sixty-eight percent of the world's population will live in urban areas by the year 2050, the United Nation said Wednesday, up from 55 percent at present.The... >>

What the papers say - May 12. Controversial comments from a UN inspector feature on many of the front pages. >>

WHO calls for all countries to rid food of trans fats. The World Health Organization is calling on all nations to rid foods of artificial trans fats in the next five years. The United Nations agency has in the past pushed to exterminate infectious diseases, but now it's aiming to erase a hazard linked to chronic illness. >>

World Health Organisation aims to wipe out trans fats.... The UN agency said eliminating the additive is key to preventing deaths across the world. >>